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    Report on the identification of fish eggs and larvae taken
    in the Ross Sea, Subarea 88.1, autumn/winter 2003

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    Document Number:
    WG-FSA-04/30
    Author(s):
    M. van der Poest Clement and M. Lamare (New Zealand)
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    Abstract

    Icthyoplankton sampling was carried out by the New Zealand bottom longliner Avro Chieftain in the Ross Sea Sub Area 88.1 in the 2002-03 fishing year. Four direct haul samples were taken with a UNESCO WP2 net to a maximum depth of 1620 m in areas where mature D. mawsoni had been observed. No Dissostichus eggs or larvae were observed. Larvae of Kreffichthys anderssoni and Electrona antarctica, and two unidentified egg types were found.